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Financial planning

A Sydney-based finance broker has felt the wrath of the corporate watchdog for a second time after being convicted in the Central Local Court of managing a company while ...

Financial planning

An adviser who failed to disclose a financial interest in Melbourne stockbroking firms he recommended for clients to invest in has been permanently banned from providing ...

Financial planning

The operators of a Perth based early release super scheme that used television advertising to promote its services has been nabbed by the Australian Securities and Invest...

Funds management

Rivkin Financial Services’ newly appointed board has moved quickly to impose its plans for the group by allocating $6 million of the firm’s cash reserves to Sydney-based ...

Life/Risk

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has permanently banned a South Australian insurance broker for a series of deceptions, which included collecti...

Financial planning

Rivkin Financial Services suitor Farooq Khan has succeeded in his crusade of seizing control of the listed financial services group with the ousting of RFS chief executiv...

Financial planning

Rivkin Financial Services (RFS) has had two legal disputes relating to accusations of insider trading activities in its stock dismissed in the Federal Court of New South ...

Financial planning

Former Grosvenor Securities representative Robert Andrew Street awaits sentencing in the County Court of Victoria after pleading guilty to fraud charges to the value of $...

Financial planning

A collection of firms and individuals promoting the trading of options with claims of returns of “60 to 180 per cent” and that investors attending seminars would find it ...

Financial planning

Morningstar and its former chief executive Graham Rich are one step closer to a potential courtroom showdown after the NSW Supreme Court rejected two claims by the resear...

Financial planning

Associated Planners Financial Services (APFS) shareholders delivered a landslide vote last week in favour of Challenger Financial Services Group’s (CFSG) proposal to acqu...

Financial planning

Rivkin Financial Services stakeholders continue to jostle for control with talks of mergers and takeovers rife and corporate raider Farooq Khan calling on the dismissal o...

Financial planning

Associated Planner Financial Services shareholders delivered a landslide vote this morning in favour of Challenger Financial Services Group's proposal to acquire the deal...

Funds management

A group of property investment seminar promoters have agreed to consent orders in the Federal Court to correct misrepresentations allegedly made in material promoting a s...

Financial planning

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has successfully taken claims to the Federal Court of Australia with the banning of a former Melbourne financial advi...

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Glad to see the back of you Steve. You made financial more expensive, not more affordable as you claim, and presided ...

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Completely agree Peter. The definition of 'significant change is circumstances relevant to the scope of the advice' is s...

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ASIC has suspended the Australian Financial Services Licence of a Melbourne-based financial advice firm....

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ASIC has released the results of its first adviser exam to be held in 2025, with 241 candidates attempting the test....

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